Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-16

! been advised several times 10 bore for gas
and NAV decide TO do so. 1t would be much
I better if q company WAS formed i'll Spring
( field on the same principle a. those formed
! in other plaoaS. with capital say of ssi, 600
/ Capitalized in shares OF stoce OF 500 each
/ the expense would not fall on one man. and
/ there would not be much loss il
( the experiment were failure.
/ Several Clark county farmers are
! considering the sinking of wells or
their farms. Ii is wonder that the expert
ment has not been already tried when il i.
! remembered that good, big gas well would
prove Of far greater value Ia the owner than
( a iirst-class gold mine. A recently -discuv-
cred gas well in Northern Ohio belched
/ forth $500, 600 worth of gas m six weeks
time recently, estimated at the same rate a
I manufactured gas in Cincinnati. Think Of
finding a monster like that near Spring
field"
Few citizens in Springfield realize the
immense and overwhelming importance
which natural gas would prove in manu-
featuring. Property-holders can realize
| what it would be when il is stated that the
instant big gas well is struck in Spring
field. every foot of property in the town
will jump as if by magic 10
DOT BILE THE PRESENT VALUE
| and some property to three. four CT five
times present values. The northern Ohio
gas towns are more or less on wildcat
basis. II the gas gives out much OF the
land now selling as choice town lots
will be used for its same old uses,
As cabbage and corn land. In
Springfield, however. property has a per
manent and high value, because Springfield
Is the sixth city in size in the state. and in
manufacturing Importance stands very near
the head. Put natural gas boom on top
of this and you would have boom which
would discount Birmingham. Ala. and
Chattanooga. Springfield is larger than Bir-
mingham and the same size a. Chattanooga.
The size and sOlidity of our great factories
would impress strangers to such an extent
that town lots could be easily sold three and
four miles from the center of town. |
know of several mOned men in Springfield
who are getting their funds in shape so As
To be ready TO invest the instant natural gas
is struck in Springfield.
OF course we will have natural gas in
Springfield before two years by piping il
from the great gas wells of northern Ohio.
provided We find none of our own. You
remember the Northwestern Gas company
which wanted the Springfield council to
grant them the monopoly of supplying
Springfield with natural gas. | understand
that this company il a twin of the Standard
Oil company and that the Standard
controls the company absolutely.
Ii is said that this gigantic
company has already grabbed three-fourths
of the best natural gas territory in northern
Ohio. ant expects in few years to be do
l ng it ont al high prices TO every city in
Quo. The Standard Co. piped gas Ia
Youngstown, and is supplying hundreds of
residences and factories with il there. They
contemplate the same move with regard TO
DAYTON. Columbus and Springfield. The
city council of Springfield should consider
a long time before they grant any individual
a monopoly of supplying Springfield with
natural gas. and il given al all. il should
only be- given for one OF two years. We
may find gas al our very doors. or may have
an opportunity of making a remarkably
cheap contract inside of a year Natural
gas is piped a distance of - miles from the
Pennsylvania fields Ia Buffalo. y. Y. and
we nay Yet see every house in the Ohio
cities burning it in the next few years. As
yet II is new experiment and with con-
stantly changing conditions some remark
able development, may be looked for in the
questions of piping and using natural gas.
The big ruth Of people TO the cemetery |
to enjoy balmy Easter Sunday. shows how |
much We need park. The beautiful !
grounds at Ferncliff are now doing double !
Iuty as a cemetery and park. They will !
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